Peacekeeping assessments issued in 2002 had amounted to $2,284 million, significantly lower than the $3,041 million assessed in 2001; that had been due in large part to uncertainty about the effective rates of assessment for peacekeeping in 2003, owing to the admission of two new Member States and to the review of the assessment rates of two other Members.
Ello obedeció en gran parte a la incertidumbre que rodeaba a las tasas de prorrateo efectivas para el mantenimiento de la paz en 2003, debido a la admisión de dos nuevos Estados Miembros y a la revisión de las tasas de prorrateo de otros dos.